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Ron Perlman: Shooting the upcoming feature film Drive with Ryan Gosling was hell for the Hellboy star. “We had this scene in the Pacific Ocean where he’s trying to kill me. We shot it during high tide at 3:30 in the morning,” he tells Milling About host Robin Milling. “My back was to the ocean, I was facing the beach and this wave just came and knocked me clear 20 feet in the air and I ended up ass-over-tea-kettle. I ripped something in my knee… It’s hard to walk on it. I think I’m gonna need some surgery on this one. There’s some structural damage in there.”

Keshia Chanté: The Juno Award-winning Canadian Princess of Pop—who was signed to her first record deal at age 14, before appearing in the 2006 Bow Wow video Shortie Like Mine—stops by Real Talk to chat with host Michael A. McFadden about her upcoming album, Night and Day.

Hope Flood: The funny lady, who’s been a featured act on BET’s Comic View for 10 seasons—and who was one of only two female comedians to appear on Martin Lawrence’s Starz 1st Amendment Stand-Up special—hangs with Layin’ It on the Line host Reginald Ford.

Marianne Williamson: The Peace Alliance Founder—4 of whose books have been New York Times bestsellers—chats with Gab with the Gurus host Connie Bennett about her new offering, A Course In Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever.

Simon Winthrop: The Las Vegas magician, whom Harry Hamlin hailed for his “unbelievably awesome prestidigations” and Tom Cruise simply called “unbelievable,” drops in on host Olivia Wilder to discuss his artistry his private-client gigs—like the one recently staged for Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Clarence Burke: The founding member of Chicago-based soul quintet The Five Stairsteps—whose 1970 hit O-o-h Child is ranked among Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time—stops by EnergyTwist to chat about his “Unplugged, Up Close & Personal” tour.

Wendy Raquel Robinson: The actress who made her name as principal Regina Grier on The Steve Harvey Show before landing on the BET dramedy The Game drops in on That’s Entertainment’sTammy Jones-Gibbs to fill us in on her Amazing Grace Conservatory theatrical progam for kids.

Brian Boitano: The former World Figure Skating Champion, who won a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, stops by to fill Film Festival Radio host Janice Malone in on his Dec. 26 NBC special, Brian Boitano’s Skating Spectacular.

Gil Gerard: The actor who set countless female hearts aflutter as the star of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century drops in on host Olivia Wilder to fill us in on his upcoming screen projects, including the TV flicks Buck Rogers Begins and The Lost Valentine.

The Legendary Escorts: The ‘70s R&B trio—Reginald Hayes, Bill Martin and LaGrant Harris—who made musical history by recording their debut album, All We Need Is Another Chance, while doing time in prison, drop in to chat with EnergyTwist’s Energy and Sister Cee about their storied career.

Shawn Stockman: The Boyz II Men crooner—who, during the 90s, hit No. 1 with R&B tunes like On Bended Knee, I’ll Make Love to You and End of the Road—stops by Film Festival Radio to chat with host Janice Malone about his juding duties on the NBC reality show The Sing-Off.

Christina Norman: The CEO of OWN, which launches Jan. 1, drops in on Tomorrow Will Be Televised host Simon Applebaum to give us a peek at what to expect on Oprah Winfrey’s hotly anticipated cable net. Plus: Rick Feldman, president of the National Association of TV Program Executives.

Katie Cleary: The former Deal or No Deal model—who has also done guest turns on NBC’s Chuck and HDNet’s Get Out—stops by Somewhere in Vegas to chat with Marq with a Q about her role on the CMT sitcom Working Class, starring Ed Asner and Melissa Peterman.

Noah Sife: The actor who has appeared on The Shield and The Andy Dick Show stops by It’s Everything to chat with host Chaun Vaughn about his web comedy The Adventures of Noah Sife, which tells the story of two telemarketers trying to become millionaires.

Ralph Scott: The executive producer of BET’s short-film showcase, who co-founded the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center, stop by to talk with Conversations of a Spirited Actor host Tracey Moore about promoting non-stereotypical African American images.

Tune in to some great content from today on BlogTalkRadio.*Please note that all show times are listed in EST time.
Today’s Programming Highlights:

At noon Just because Mark Ruffalo looks like a certain whacked-out cult leader who killed more than 70 people doesn’t mean he’s going to play him on the silver screen. “I’m not doing that,” the star tells host Robin Milling of the David Koresh biopic. “I read it immediately and passed on it.”

At 3 PMTomorrow Will Be Televised host Simon Apple sits down with Tara Maitra, senior vice president of content for TiVo. Plus: Gary Randall, executive producer of The Glades, A&E’s new drama series launching July 11.

At 430 PM Host Caleb Jones kicks it with Nick Kosir, the Beaumont, Texas, meteorologist who’s been rapping his forecasts for a year now, much to the delight of his Fox 4 audience—not to mention fans nationwide who’ve logged onto his funky reports more than 500,000 times.

At 5 PM Host Sharon Nelson hangs with singer-songwriter Trey Lorenz, who began his career as a backup vocalist for Mariah Carey and last year dueted with the diva at Michael Jackson’s memorial service. Trey will chat about the gospel album he’s got in the works for 2011.

At 7 PMWDKK Radio’s Darryl Williams kicks back with Bill Cobbs, who has graced such flicks as Trading Places, Night at the Museum, Silkwood and The Bodyguard, not to mention countless TV series. Bill will chat about what he’s got in the works—at age 76.

At 9 PMHost Mutha hangs with Rodney Perry, formerly of BlogTalkRadio’s Rodney Perry Live and now co-host of BET’s The Mo’Nique Show. Rodney will fill us in on his big-screen projects, including his role in the Cedric the Entertainer comedy Chicago Pulaski Jones.

Tune in to some great content from today on BlogTalkRadio.*Please note that all show times are listed in EST time.
Today’s Programming Highlights:

At 1 PMGarden of the Soul host Lynn Serafinn kicks it with Nia Peeples, who played Nicole Chapman on Fame and scored a No. 1 hit with the 1988 dance tune Trouble. The multi-talented diva will fill us in on her teleseminar series, Elements of Life.

At 5 PMHost Sharon Nelson hangs with Rodney Perry, formerly of BlogTalkRadio’s Rodney Perry Live and now co-host of BET’s The Mo’Nique Show. Rodney will fill us in on his big-screen projects, including the Cedric the Entertainter comedy Chicago Pulaski Jones

At 8 PM The Final Word’s JayReelz and J.D. kick it with Mike Vrabel, offensive linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs. Mike, who spent eight seasons with the New England Patriots, was the first player ever to have two touchdown passes and a sack in the same game.

At 9 PMThe VRO’s Amy McCracken gets up close and personal with Aldis Hodge, who stars opposite Timothy Hutton on the TNT crime drama Leverage, and previously appeared in such shows as Private Practice, Castle and Friday Night Lights.

At 9 PMTomatoes in Trenches host Cheryl Benton chats with Roger Nygard, whose new documentary, The Nature of Existence, finds him venturing to the source of each of the world’s philosophies, religions and belief systems—via scholars, holy men, scientists, artists and pizza chefs.

At 10 PMThe Movie Geeks continue their Summer of 1985 series with Caroline in the City star Lea Thompson, who played Lorraine Baines opposite Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future. Plus, the Oscar-winning sci-fi flick’s writer-producer, Bob Gale.

At 10PM Just 24 hours after her first appearance on BlogTalkRadio, Molly Burnett—who plays Melanie Kiraikis on NBC’s Days of Our Lives—drops back in on Jasam Radio host Deborah Huey to take your calls. (Be sure to ask her if she’s actually gone on that date with Jesus yet.)

At 10 PM Hosts Annie and Burl Gregory whoop it up with Rob Benedict, who played Chuck the Prophet on the CW series Supernatural. The actor will chat about his second career, as frontman for the band Louden Swain, whose new CD is titled A Brand New Hurt.

Tune in to some great content from today on BlogTalkRadio.*Please note that all show times are listed in EST time.
Today’s Programming Highlights:

At 1 PMHost Sharon Nelson hangs with Stanley Brown, music supervisor for BET’s Sunday Best and Exalted. The composer—who has worked with such acts as The Temptations, Run DMC and Salt-N-Pepa—will offer his take on the current state of the music biz.

At 4 PM In the nearly 11 months since Michael Jackson passed, fans the world over have been giving credence to the notion that he may have faked his own demise. Death-hoax investigators Tom Pickering and Maura Stephens join host Carlotta Chatwood for Part 5 in this series.

At 9 PMOlivia Wilder sits down with Manouschka Guerrier from Food Network’s Private Chefs of Beverly Hills. The home-schooled culinary maven—whose first venture was a catering company called To Serve, with Love—will share her favorite Caribbean-influenced recipes.

Also at 9 PMThe NBA Breakdown gets busy with Vivica A. Fox—star of everything from Kill Bill to Curb Your Enthusiasm—who boasts of her own hoops skills, “I got a helluva jump shot. That’s for damn sure. And I will back you up with all of this booty!”

At 11 PMFrancy and Friends host Francy Weatherman cuts loose with Hell’s Kitchen’s Jason Santos. The chef, who runs Gargoyles on the Square in Somerville, Mass., will preview Season 7 of the Fox reality show—which kicks off tomorrow—and how things, ah, “pan” out for him.